The United States Department of Transportation has awarded $15 million to spruce up the train station on I street in Sacramento.

The City's Department of Transportation says only a portion of
the first floor of the station is currently useable.
Councilman Steve Cohn spoke at an event celebrating word of the
grant. Cohn says the City will match the federal funds to
make the rest of the first floor, and parts of the second and third
floors useable.

COHN: "What this is going to do is allow us just to make
that look the way it should -a historic building- and make good use
of it for people who not only passengers but from people throughout
the city."

The renovation is part of phase two for the Railyards
development north of the Amtrak Station.

City staff can't say now exactly how the money would be
used. But, the City has previously said the building needs
heating, air conditioning, elevators, stairs, and restrooms.
It was built in 1926.